Education has the power to bring about profound change

Now, more than ever, we need to realize the transformational potential of education.

Every child has the right to quality education.

What if....

Llandudno is a small government school with an outsize ability to impact the lives of the pupils fortunate enough to attend it. The numeracy and literacy results of Llandudno pupils are in the top 10% of schools in the Western Cape, frequently outperforming bigger, wealthier schools.

It’s not just academics that count – Llandudno has a reputation for nurturing young children that leave Grade 7 with solid self-esteem, a ‘can do’ attitude and are confident caring individuals with strong personal integrity.

What if every child had access to quality education in Grades R to Grade 3 that enabled them to build solid numeracy and literacy skills...
What if every Grade 4 learner was able to read for comprehension...
What if every Grade 7 learner had mastered the basics of mathematics...
What if every South African school-leaver was employable...
What if every adult had the dignity of paid employment that enabled them to provide food and shelter for themselves and their families...
What if every child had the opportunity to attend a school like Llandudno Primary?

Research has shown that a 10% increase in the numeracy skills of every 15-year-old can result in a 25-40% increase in GDP per capita over their lifetime. (Global Business Coalition for Education https://shorturl.at/Pa2jk ).

Big things start small

Every cent counts

You can make a difference

Our Mission

Kunye is an education foundation committed to providing financial assistance to primary school learners in need. Our focus is on ensuring that every child has access to quality education, irrespective of their financial background. By raising funds and offering financial support, we aim to create a brighter future for less privileged students.

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KUNYE FOUNDATION
Standard Bank

Account Number: 043322816
Branch Code: 025109

Swift Code: SBZA ZA JJ

Please use your initial & surname as a reference unless anonymity is preferred.

The Foundation cannot issue Tax Certificates until SARS has processed the PBO & Section 18A application.

Donations will be allocated to the endowment fund unless otherwise instructed. Please email sandymattison@icloud.com to allocate to the current fund for financial assistance for learners in immediate need.

About the Kunye Foundation

Creating Lasting Impact

Kunye Foundation NPC is a non-profit company, registration number 2024/777403/08.

The object of the Foundation is to assist children at Llandudno Primary School, whose families find themselves in marginalised or financially disadvantaged positions, with school fees, supplies and uniforms thereby upholding their dignity and facilitating access to education of a high standard so they can fulfil their potential.

Our projects focus on raising awareness and funds to support primary school learners facing financial constraints. Through our initiatives, we aim to provide educational opportunities, essential resources, and financial assistance to ensure that every child has the chance to learn and grow. Join us in making a difference.

Fundraising Aims

Sustainable funding

Long-term fundraising efforts are dedicated building an endowment fund that will generate annual returns that can be used to provide financial support on a sustainable basis. The vision is to fund 2 children in each grade per year. It will take time to build a capital base. In the intervening years, donors can choose to donate to the endowment fund or to the current fund. The endowment fund will only begin providing financial assistance when capital of R4 million has been invested. Donations to the current fund will be used to provide financial assistance to pupils in immediate need.

Beneficiaries of the Foundation

Identifying Needs

The Foundation was established with the aim of offering financial assistance to Llandudno Primary School learners. At least 75% of the beneficiaries will be South Africans of colour.

The Foundation will carefully screen and evaluate applicants to determine their eligibility for financial assistance. By understanding the specific needs of each learner and their family, support can be tailored to provide the most effective aid and ensure that no child is left behind.

Financial Support

Providing Assistance

Our financial support programs offer direct assistance to primary school learners who require support with school fees and related expenses. By offering financial assistance, we aim to remove barriers to education and enable primary school learners to build the solid foundation required to the pursue their longer-term academic goals.

Community Support

Building Connections

We believe in the power of community support to drive positive change. Through collaboration with past pupils and philanthropists, we can create a network of support that enriches the educational journey of less privileged learners, fostering a community that values education and empowers future generations.

Kunye Foundation Golf Day

Friday, 25 April 2025, Rondebosch Golf Course

Spend a day in great company, enjoy exercise, fresh air and lots of fun - all while making a real difference to the life of a child!

What's included: Wet Holes + Halfway House + Prize Giving

Prizes: Longest drive & Closest to the pin & Lucky draw

Cost: R4000 per four ball

Contact Melissa van Riel on 073 206 3939 to book.

What inspired the Kunye Foundation?

Parents of children at Llandudno Primary School recognise that this small government school has an outsize ability to impact the lives of the pupils who are fortunate enough to attend it. Llandudno’s numeracy and literacy are in the top 10% of schools in the Western Cape, frequently outperforming bigger, wealthier schools.

It’s not just academics that count – Llandudno has a reputation for nurturing young children so that they leave Grade 7 with solid self-esteem, a ‘can do’ attitude and are confident, caring individuals with strong personal integrity. The quality of the education is well known and pupils from Llandudno have no difficulty getting into the high school of their choice.

Over the years, parents and teachers have regularly asked; “What if every child in South Africa had the opportunity to attend a school like Llandudno Primary?” The economic realities of South Africa put the relatively modest school fees out of reach of most families in Hout Bay. As a result, the demographic mix of pupils at the school doesn’t represent the community we live.

In 2023, a group of parents decided it was time to take action. The “Better Together” fund was started to raise funds to provide financial assistance to pupils who would otherwise not be able to attend the school.

Also in 2023, the parents of past pupil, Ethan Mattison, approached the school with an offer to set up an endowment fund to provide financial assistance. Ethan was a shy, empathetic young boy who loved water sports. He flourished at Llandudno and grew up to be kind, generous young man most at home in the ocean. Ethan passed way after a tragic accident at the age of 17 and his parents decided to donate the money saved for his university education to a fund that would enable other children to benefit from attending Llandudno.

Other parents and members of the local community have pledged contributions to the Foundation as a means of uplifting the community we are all a part of.

Governance structure

Good governance is at the heart of creating sustainable programmes. The Kunye Foundation is governed by a board of volunteer non-executive directors who meet regularly to initiate and manage projects and vote on the affairs of the Foundation. They are legally responsible for making sure the Foundation remains true to its mission, safeguards its assets, and operates in funders’ interests.

The Board members are John O’Callaghan, Neill Hellman, Sandy Mattison and Karin Neill. All are parents of past and/or present pupils and are former SGB members. Former Principal, Denise Erasmus, also serves on the Board. In accordance with legal requirements, each of the directors shall exercise their powers: in good faith and for the purpose for which they were conferred; in the best interests of the Company; and with the degree of care, skill and diligence that may reasonably be expected of a person carrying out the functions of a director; and having the general knowledge, skill and experience of that director.

Values of the Board

Conscience: acting with intellectual honesty and independence of mind in the best interests of the Company and all its stakeholders, in accordance with the inclusive stakeholder approach to corporate governance.
Competence: having the knowledge and skills required for governing the Company effectively. This competence should be continually developed.
Commitment: diligence in performing duties and devoting sufficient time and energy to the affairs of the Company. Ensuring the Company’s performance and compliance requires dedication and appropriate effort.
Courage: taking the risks associated with directing and controlling a successful, sustainable non-profit company, as well as acting with integrity in all Board decisions and activities.

Karen Neill

Chairperson

Sandy Mattison

Secretary

Neil Hellman

Fundraising

John O'Callahgan

Financial Management

Denise Erasmus

Beneficiary Selection

Privacy Policy

The following privacy policy sets out how we collect, store and use your personal information. We do update the policy sometimes, so be sure to check back occasionally.

What is the The Kunye Foundation Foundation?

The The Kunye Foundation Foundation is a South African registered non-profit company, entirely funded by donors. Registration number 2024 / 777403 / 08 and registered address 2 Bosman Ave, Llandudno, 7806.

If you make a donation to the The Kunye Foundation Foundation, your personal information is collected, used and stored in accordance with this privacy policy.

How to change the way The Kunye Foundation contacts you

We will never contact you unless you have given us your express permission to do so. But if you’d like to change how you hear from us, or no longer want us to contact you at all, then you can unsubscribe using the unsubscribe link in any of the emails you have received from us. Alternatively, you can always contact us to discuss this policy or to update your contact preferences/unsubscribe by emailing info@the Kunye Foundation.org

In the case where you tell us that you no longer want to hear from us for marketing purposes, please be aware that we may still need to contact you for administration purposes; for example, regarding a donation you make, or to provide you with information you have requested.

How does The Kunye Foundation collect personal information?

Directly from you

When you interact with us in the event of a donation, taking action on a campaign or attending a fundraising event.
When you visit our website we may gather information, such as which pages you visit or how long you spend reading a page. This data helps us to improve your online experience, for example, by adding new features or removing elements that make the website difficult to use. We may also use data and insights to help inform the choice of words and images that appear on the site, in order to improve visitors’ response to our campaigns. You can find out more about how this works in our cookie policy.

Indirectly

When you interact with third parties such as when you donate through a third-party website and give permission for your personal information to be shared with us. Similarly, if you engage with us on social media and messaging services like Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp or Twitter, you might give us permission to access personal information from those accounts. The data we are given access to by social media services will vary, but will always be in line with the terms of that service.

What personal information does The Kunye Foundation collect and what is it used for?

The personal information that is collected and stored will depend on how you interact with us and which information you choose to supply. It is likely to include your name and email address as a minimum, but may also include your address, contact number, contact preference or company details.

We may also collect personal information about the donations you make to us, any actions you take as part of a campaign for us, or events that you register for or participate in, and details from any interactions with our team.

We will always only process and store your personal information within certain criteria, some examples of which are as follows:

To keep an accurate record of your relationship with you and any specific actions you have taken e.g. donating, volunteering, fundraising etc.
To contact you with a query or information you have requested.
To process your donations and/or to thank you for them.
To process an application to work with us in any capacity.
To let you know about our latest news, updates and share with you how you can help. We’ll only contact you if you’ve given us permission to do so. With the exception of donation receipts/admin and thank yous, all communication is optional and must be subscribed to by the user. You can opt out at any time.
To analyse and improve our website, services, products or information we provide to you.
To measure the effectiveness of our marketing communications.
To reach you and identify other similar people like you on social media who we believe would be interested in The Kunye Foundation, and to show them our content.
To provide you with the services, products or information you have requested, or that we feel would be of interest to you, and reasonably expected by you.
To understand our supporters better and develop audience propositions, this may involve analysing your personal information or combining it with publicly available information in order to create supporter ‘profiles’.
To analyse and report on trends in our supporters’ behaviour that helps us to understand our supporters better, and predict future behaviour, so that we can engage with you in an appropriate and efficient way.
To send you an email to check and see if there is any help we can give or any problems you encountered, for example when you enter information into a form on our website and start but don’t complete a form or make a donation.
To reach you with our latest news and information about how you can help support our work/programmes via online adverts on other websites, based on your visit to our website.

Keeping Your Personal Information Safe

We make sure that appropriate controls are in place to ensure we take good care of your personal information and we never share it with, or sell it to, any unrelated third parties.

However, the transmission of information over the internet is never completely secure and as a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, The Kunye Foundation cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your personal information, we make every effort to try to ensure its security.

All staff who have access to your personal information understand the importance of keeping your information safe and secure at all times, are required to follow our internal privacy and security policies, and are given training to support them in this.

We cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of other websites, even if you access them by using links from our websites and we recommend that you check the policy of each site you visit.

Sharing of personal information

We may share your personal information with partners or service providers to allow them to perform services on our behalf or to help us understand our supporters more effectively. These partners will only act under our instruction and will not use your personal information for their own purposes.

We promise to always keep your details safe and we will never sell or swap your personal information with any other organisation.

What are your rights?

You have the right to:

Request a copy of the personal information we hold about you, and to ask us to confirm how we use your personal information
Request that we correct the personal information we hold about you if it’s not accurate, complete and up to date

Depending on why we have and use your personal information you may also have the following rights:

Ask us for the personal information we hold about you to be erased from our record
Withdraw consent for us to use your personal information to contact you

If you don’t want to see targeted advertising from us on social media, please refer to the instructions provided by the specific social media website or app, for example on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Instagram, and Google.

We may disclose personal information if required to do so by law or if we believe that such action is necessary to protect and defend the rights, property or personal safety of The Kunye Foundation, our websites or our visitors and for other lawful purposes.

The Kunye Foundation & Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device that help us improve our website, that help provide you with the best experience when you visit our site and when we communicate with you. They allow us to deliver The Kunye Foundation adverts relevant to you based on your interests when you visit other websites. We may use both 1st party and 3rd party cookies. 1st party cookies are set by The Kunye Foundation, 3rd party cookies are set by a partner on our behalf.

Cookies and similar technologies help us to:

Personalise the website to your requirements
Avoid asking you to register or complete details twice
Estimate the number of visitors to our site, including the source and patterns relating to this traffic
Understand how visitors use the site, and how we can enhance this experience
Measure the effectiveness of our marketing communications, for example by telling us if you have opened an email we have sent you
Display relevant advertising to you when you visit other websites

You are able to set your devices to accept all cookies, to choose the types of cookies you accept, to notify you when a cookie is issued, or not to receive cookies at any time. For instructions on how to do this visit www.aboutcookies.org.uk/managing-cookies .